Artificial bait.



No. 655,603. Pamnted Aug. 7, I900. B. B. CANTBELL.

ABTlFlGlAL BAIT.

(Application filed Dec. '1, 1899.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR W 6M ATTORNEY WITNESSES:

Gui 45 @044 NiT ROBERT B. OANTRELL, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,603, dat d August'7, 1900.

Application filed December '7, 1899. Serial No, 739,485. No model) To(l/ZZ whom it 12mg concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT E. CANTRELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York,borough of Brooklyn,county of Kings,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Artificial Baits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of artificial baits which aredetachable from the hook, of which that illustrated in the United StatesPatent No. 633,797, granted to me September 26, 1899, is an example. Thebait illustrated and claimed in my said patent is in the nature of anartificial fly and is tied on a slender tube which is adapted to heslipped over the snell onto the shank of the hook. As such artificialflies are usually composed of three parts-namely, the wings, the hackle,and the bod yand as the distinction between the different artificialflies used by anglers vary mainlyin combining together differentlycolored and formed wings, hackles, and bodies, the present inventionconsists, broadly, in these three parts or sections tied separately ontubes or formed tubular, so that a fly or bait may be made up of anythree sections, wings, hackle, or body that may be desired. Thus if anangler has, say, half a dozen wings and the same number of hackles andbodies he may make up from these two hundred and sixteen different kindsof flies. This enables the angler to carry ina very small book animmense number of different kinds of flies suited to all occasions.

In the accompanying drawings the pre ferred construction is illustrated.

Figure 1 shows the separate parts or sections of an artificial flyconstructed according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows theparts assembled on a hook.

The section A, usually called the wings, consists of feathers a, tied ona slender tube a, near or at one end of the same. The section B, usuallycalled the hackle, consists of some fine filamentous material I) tied ona short piece of tubing 5. This latter tube will be of a size to fitsnugly over the tube a of the section A. The section C, called the body,will be of some suitable material 0, tied or secured on a rather longpiece of tubing a, of the same diameter, by preference, as the tube Z).The material 0 maybe of any suitable kind. Various materials are employed for the bodies and other parts of artificial flies.

In assembling the several sections of the fly (see Fig. 2) the body 0 isfirst passed over the snell cl and onto the shank of the hook D. Thenthe hackle B is placed, and lastly the section A or wings, the tube a ofthe latter passing telescopically into the tubes of the hackle and body.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to any specialmaterials for making the parts of the fly nor to any particular kind oftubing. Uusually the materials will be those ordinarily employed intying artificial flies, and the tubing may be of aluminium, celluloid,or the like. So long as the sections are tubular and have sufficientrigidity they will serve the purposes of the invention, and the mannerof making them tubular is not important. Where a tube is used in thesections, it may be slightly flared at one or both ends, so as to securethe fly material on them the better. I would say that a celluloidsolution is known in the arts, and I may employ this solution in formingthe sections tubular.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A detachable artificialfly composed of two or more tubular and interchangeable, separate parts,adapted to be slipped onto the hook in succession, substantially as setforth.

2. A detachable, artificial bait composed of sections formed on tubeswhich enter telescopically one within another, the smaller tube beingadapted to fit snugly on the shank of a hook.

8. A detachable, artificial fly composed of separate tubular sections,namely, the wings, the hackle, and the body, substantially as set forth.

4:. A detachable, artificial fly, composed of three sections, thesection A having in it a tube a, and the sections B and 0 having in themtubes of such size as to slip over the tube 0., substantially as setforth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 25th day ofNovember, 1899, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT B. CANTRELL. lVitnesses:

HENRY CoNNErr, PETER A. Ross.

